# A Canticle For Leibowitz

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- Authors: [Walter M. Miller Jr.](https://www.bookquiver.com/walter-m-miller-jr)
- Publisher: orbit
- ISBN: 978-03-5651-317-1
- Published: 2019-09-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The classic science fiction novel of a future dark age and humanity's new renaissance It is a new dark age of fear and ignorance. An atomic Flame Deluge has ravaged the earth, and humanity's survivors have turned against science. In the depths of a hellish desert, the Order of St Leibowitz preserves the few remnants of mankind's knowledge. Then a humble monk makes a miraculous discovery of several artefacts - including a note written by blessed St Leibowitz himself, which reads: Pound pastrami can kraut six bagels - bring home for Emma Could this holiest of relics hold the key to humanity's salvation? A Canticle For Leibowitz is a sharp, satirical examination of humanity that is chilling, provocative and endlessly imaginative - an undisputed science fiction classic.